Gashaka-Gumti National Park

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Summary

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Leaflet

• Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes ellioti) are present in Gashaka-Gumti National Park.
• The population size is unknown.
• The population trend is unknown.
• The site has a total size of 6,731 km².
• Key threats to chimpanzees are not reported.
• Conservation activities at the site have not been documented.

Site characteristics

The site is located in eastern Nigeria, bordering Cameroon. It is Nigeria's largest national park and was established in 1991. Rich in bird biodiversity, the site is an Important Bird Area, with 366 species so far recorded (BirdLife International 2020). In addition, 300-500 butterfly species are believed to occur at the site, and 103 mammal species have been recorded (BirdLife International 2020).

Table 1. Basic site information for Gashaka-Gumti National Park

Species	'Pan troglodytes ellioti
Area	6,731km²
Coordinates	Lat: 7.538 , Lon: 11.611
Type of site	Protected area (National Park)
Habitat types	Subtropical/tropical moist lowland forest, Subtropical/tropical moist montane forest, Grassland
Type of governance

IUCN habitat categories Site designations

Ape status

Table 2. Ape population estimates reported for Gashaka-Gumti National Park

Species	Year	Occurrence	Encounter or vistation rate (nests/km; ind/day)	Density estimate [ind./ km²] (95% CI)	Abundance estimate (95% CI)	Survey area	Sampling method	Analytical framework	Source	Comments	A.P.E.S. database ID
Pan troglodytes ellioti					Unknown		Unknown

Threats

Table 3. Threats to apes reported for Gashaka-Gumti National Park

Category	Specific threats	Threat level	Description	Year of threat
10 Geological events		Absent
1 Residential & commercial development		Unknown
2 Agriculture & aquaculture		Unknown
3 Energy production & mining		Unknown
4 Transportation & service corridors		Unknown
5 Biological resource use		Unknown
6 Human intrusions & disturbance		Unknown
7 Natural system modifications		Unknown
8 Invasive & other problematic species, genes & diseases		Unknown
9 Pollution		Unknown
11 Climate change & severe weather		Unknown
12 Other threat		Unknown

IUCN Threats list

Challenges

Table 5. Challenges reported for Gashaka-Gumti National Park

Challenges	Specific challenges	Source	Year(s)
	Not reported

Enablers

Table 6. Enablers reported for Gashaka-Gumti National Park

Enablers	Specific enablers	Source	Year(s)
1 Site management
2 Resources and capacity
3 Engaged community
4 Institutional support
5 Ecological context
6 Safety and stability

Documented behaviours

Table 7. Behaviours documented for Gashaka-Gumti National Park

Behavior	Source
Not reported

External links

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09670870701288124?casa_token=WnV75MlGNQIAAAAA%3A_ua33L42lozpDB_6ffo50vlp3aVSfSo9H7bDxIfTlssqyUZYsfL0EiFP5ezyTk48tVurkjbDLk0yQ74

https://www.odi.org/sites/odi.org.uk/files/odi-assets/publications-opinion-files/1110.pdf

https://www.journalajee.com/index.php/AJEE/article/view/9391

https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jrfwe/article/view/82364

https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10091810/

References

BirdLife International (2020) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Gashaka-Gumti National Park. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 20/10/2020.

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